Adding and listing machine



',Mar.20, 1923. I 1,449,009

H. LANDSIEDEL ADDING AND LISTING MACHINE Filed May 12,' 1921 5sheets-sheet 1 INVENTOR.

HA RP) LA NUS/EDEL,

Mar. 20, 1923.

H. LANDSIEDEL ADDING AND LISTING MACHINE Filed May 12, 1921 5sheets-sheet 2 IIVVENTOR.

Mar. 20, 1923.

H. LANDSIEDEL ADDING AND LISTING MACHINE Filed May 12,

1921 5 sheets-sheet 5 IIVVENTOR. HARRY LANDS/EDEL,

HIS momvm.

Mar. 20, 1923.

I 1,449,009 H. LANDSIEDEL ADDING AND LISTING MACHINE Filed 12', E21 5shgets-sheet 4 INVENZOH. HARRY LANDS/FUEL,

ADDING AND LISTING MACHINE Filed May 12, 1921 5 sheets-sheet 5 INVENTOR.

HARRY LANUS/EUEL,

H/S A TTORNEYS.

Patented Mar. 20, 1923.

'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY LANDSIEDEL, OF NORWOOD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE DALTON ADDINGMACHINE COMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

ADDING AND LISTING MACHINE.

Application filed Kay 12,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I. HARRY LANosIEnEL, acitizen of the l'nited States. residing at Xorwood. Hamilton County. andState of Ohio. have invented a new and useful Adding and ListingMachine. of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to adding and listing machines.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved 'machine havingcorrelated mechanisms for making duplicate lists of transactions. one ofwhich lists may be retained in the machine and the other furnished tothe customer. so that at the end of a day. or whenever desired. a grandtotal of all of the previous business or sales may be taken from themachine. This result is accomplished by use of separate recordingmechanisms operable under control of separate differential mechanisms.both of which differential mechanisms may be set by operation of asingle set of keys. 'The separate recording mechanisms operate to recordor list upon separate sheets or slips of paper which may be fed to therecording mechanisms by a single paper feed device.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an improvedadding. listing and registering machine. having mechanisms operable toproduce a number of separate copies of itemized sales records. all ofwhich are made by the direct process of printing and not by carbonduplication. To obtain this result a number of adding and listingmechanisms are so correlated and controlled that they may be controlledby mechanisms simultaneously set by operation of a single setof keys.and may be simultaneously operated.

An additional object is to produce a machine of the character and forthe purposes mentioned. and which also accumulates or totalizes thevarious sub-totals of different transactions or individual sales so thatwhenever desired the grand total of the transactions or sales may beobtained.

Specifically. an object of the invention is to provide a machine of thecharacter and for the purpose mentioned embodying a number of difl'erentor separate differential mechanisms controlling difieren't or separaterecording mechanisms. and a single set of keys for setting the differentdifferential mechanisms simultaneously so that when the 1921. Serial No.469,022.

machine proper is operated the different recording mechanisms willrecord the same item and the different adding mechanisms will beoperated to add the same item all at one operation.

Numerous other objects to be obtained will appear from the followingdescription, reference being made to the drawings, in which Fig. 1 is aside elevation, with parts in section. of a machine embodying thepresent invention. Fig. 2 machine,

Fig. 3 is a plan view showing a number of separate differentialmechanisms under control of one set of numeral keys, for controlling anequal number of separate recording mechanisms.

is a plan view of my improved which one set of numeral keys controls thedifferential mechanisms.

Fig. 5 is a rear elevation showing the different differential mechanismsand the different recording and accumulating mechanisms controlledthereby.

It appears from the preceding statement of the nature and objects of theinvention that the present machine is specially adapted for use whereverit is desired to furnish the customer with an itemized list of purchasesmade by the customer. and to retain in the machine lists of all of thepurchases by different customers arranged successively upon a paper tapeor strip.

It is clear. therefore. that the operator or user of the machine may actas cashier to receive the payments from the customers and to makenecessary change. etc. For such uses it is desirable. in some instancesat least. to equip the machine with a cash or money drawer. As shown theoperative mechanism of the machine is supported upon the case 1 of amoney drawer which may be provided with the usual compartments for moneyof various denominations. The construction and arrangement of the moneydrawer is not claimed as a part of the present invention and. therefore.the drawer is not specifically shown. v

In the embodiment of the invention shown a number of separate printingor listing mechanisms. each under control of its own specially provideddifferential mecha- Fig. 4 is a plan view of the connections by nism,are arranged to print or list upon separate sheets or slips of thedifferent listing or recording mechanisms automatically as an incidentto the ope-ration of the machine.

In the known recording mechanisms shown, each recording mechanismincludes a number of type-carriers 2 swinginglysupported from a shaft orshafts 3 and arranged to operate in the familiar manner and undercontrol of the well known controlling mechanism in their recording orlisting oper ations. A set of type driving hammers 4 is cooperativelyrelated to each set of recording devices. The type-carriers are actuatedforwardly to their recording positions by springs 5. Each type-carrieris cooperatively associated with a rack 6, the

. racks and type-carriers being positively actuated by connectingsprings 7 which, as usual, operate the racks in transferring operations.An accumulating mechanism 8 is provided for each separate recordingmechanism and the usual sub-total keys are provided, the sub-total key 9controlling one of the accumulating mechanisms and a sub-total key 10controlling the other accumulating mechanism. As usual, the taking of asub-total does not clear the accumulating mechanism. Each accumulatingmechanism is also provided with the usual grand total key. The grandtotal key 11' controls one of the accumulating mechanisms and the grandtotal key 12 controls the other accumulating mechanism.

The paper feed mechanism, comprising a platen 13 for feeding the paperin line spacing and for moving the paper laterally for any desiredpurpose, is-mounted in a laterally movable carriage 14. The platen maybe rotated to feed the paper in line spacing asan incident to theoperation of the recording mechanism by equipment usually provided forthat purpose; as, for instance. by the equipment of a Dalton addingmachine.

The paper carriage in the present instance is provided with a bar 15upon which a number of laterally adjustable paper supports 16, one foreach recording mechanism, are mounted. As shown (Fig. 1), a paper rollmay be mounted in each of the supports 16 and the paper from said rollsmay be fed to the recording mechanisms respectively, so that eachrecording mechanism will produce a distinct record upon a sheet or tapeof paper, fed to the recording mechanisms, respectively, for thatpurpose. So also the paper carriage may be shifted laterally to positionthe paper serving one recording mechanism in position to serve andreceive records produced by -a'noth er recording mechanism. Thus,separate records of, complete transactions are simultaneously made uponseparate sheets of paper by separate printing or listing mechanismsoperated ultaneonsly for that purpose. And since each recordingmechanism controls and operates a separate accumulating or addingmechanism, separate'totals, sub-totals and grand totals may be obtainedand the results thereof printed or listed upon the paper. The usual rockshaft 17 of one recording mechanism is coupled with the rock shaft 18(Fig. a), of the adjacent mechanism or machine, by an arm 19, attachedto one of said shafts and pivoted to an arm 20, attached to the othershaft. The connections from the rock shafts for controlling theoperations of the type carriers 2 and the racks 6 and for returning suchparts to their starting positions are not specifically shown ordescribed. as such con nections are well understood and do not require adescription herein fora complete understanding of the present invention.

As shown, (Fig. 2), each recording mechanism may be served by a separateribbon 21.

As in the case of the Dalton adding machine, and as disclosed in HubertHopkins Patent No.1,039,130,Sep.24, 1912, in accordance with the generaldisclosures of which patent the Dalton adding machine is manufactured,one of the recording mechanisms of the present invention is controlledby a differential mechanism, comprising a laterally movable carriage 22,having a series of differential stops 23 therein settable by theoperation of the numeral keys. The carriage 22 is movable laterallyunder control of an escapement mechanism, comprising a rack 24 andstepping pawls 25; the rack being attached to an escapement shaft 26which is connected up with the carriage 22 by an arm and link connection27. The numeral keys 28 are arranged in convenient form in' a keyboardat the front of the machine, being attached to levers 29, pivoted on asupport 30. The rear ends of the levers 29 have up-turhed ends ortappets 31 for raising the stops 23 as the keys are successivelyoperated. The Dalton adding machine also embodies, and the said HopkinsPatent discloses, devices for operating the escapement to step the"differential carriage from order to order. and some form of such devicesare,': of course, used in machines embodying this invention. After eachcomplete number has been set hp in the differential mechanism. the rockshaft 17 is turned in one direction by an operating lever 32, orotherwise, to cause the recording mechanism to operate to print thenumber upon paper fed thereto by the paper feed devices. after which therock shaft 17 and the connections controlled thereby are returned totheir starting positions to return the recording mechanism and the racks6 to their starting positions, as an incident to which the recorded itemor number isv introduced or added in the accumulating or addingmechanism 8.

My present invention comprises means for controlling a number ofdifferential mechanisms and .for setting the same, to control theirrespective recording mechanisms as an incident to the operation of asingle set of numeral keys to set up a number in one differentialmechanism. In the present instance. I have shown two separate recordingmechanisms with their associated adding mechanisms, and two differentialmechanisms. one of which is controlled directly by the set of niuneralkeys, although the number of such mechanisms may be varied as desired.The other ditl'erential mechanism shown is operated from the one that iscontrolled directly by the numeral keys.

For instance, in addition to'the difi'erential carriage 22 that iscontrolled directly by the numeral keys. an additional differentialcarriage 33 is'shown. The differential carriage 33 has series of stops3-1 therein for controlling the additional recording mechanism shown.The carriage 33 is connected with and controlled by the carriage 22through the medium of a link 35, so that when the carriage 22 moves fromorder to order under control of its escapement and numeral keys. thecarriage 33 is also moved from order to order. So. also. all of thedifferential carriages will be simultaneously returned to their startingpositions. The stops 34 in the carriage 33 are also set as an incidentto the operation of the numeral keys 28. stops is more particularlyshownin Figs. 4 and 5.

As shown, a number of levers 36 are pivoted upon a support 37 and havelaterally extended ends 38 above the rear portions of the key levers 29.so that when any one of the key-levers 29 'is operated. thecorresponding lever 36 willbe operated. The levers 36 are guided intheir movements by a comb plate 39. The opposite ends of the leyersextend over the ends of corresponding levers 40. The levers lOarepivoted upon a support 41 and have tappets or hammers 42 on their endsfor setting the stops 34 in the carriage 33 when they are operated.Springs 43 are connected with the levers 40 for depressingthe ends ofsaid levels that are provided with the hammers or tappets -12. Thesprings-13 are also effective to restore the levers 36 to their idle ornormal positions after operation. The levers 40 are guided by a combplate 44.

A machine constructed and obtaining the results described may be appliedto many uses. The machine may be used as an ordinary adding and listingmachine to produce one or more lists as desired: or.the machine may beused as a cash register to make acontinuous record of alltransactionsthroughout a day or any other desired period of time. and atthe same time to make separate lists of the individual purchases for thems The mechanism for setting the tomers. In so using the machine thepaper carriage should be positioned as shown 1n Fig. 2, in which aseparate sheet or slip of paper is fed to each recording mechanism. Theitems sold to each customer are simultaneously printed upon the separatesheets or slips of paper as described. After the items have been listedon the separate sheets or slips of paper. and the total of the itemsbelonging 'to a customer is desired. the paper carriage is moved towardthe right to place the paper at the left in position to re ceive theprinted total from the recording mechanism at the right. The sub-totalkey 9 controlling the adding or accumulating mechanism at the right isthen operated, leaving the adding or accumulating mechanism at the leftundisturbed. The machine is then operated to list or print upon thepaper that had been moved over to the recording mechanism at the rightthe sub-total contained in the adding mechanism at the right. The papercarriage is then shifted back to its normal position. as shown in Fig.2. and the total contained in the adding mechanism at the right isprinted and said adding mechanism is cleared by operating the machineafter depression of the grand-total or total clearing key 11 in theusual way. I This operation leaves the total in the adding oraccumulating mechanism at the left while the adding or accumulatingmechanism at the right is cleared. This operation also prints at thefoot of the list of each customer's purchases the total thereof. Thestrip of paper containing the purchasers list and total at the right maybe then torn off and handed to the customer. and the machine is readyfor operation to list and register items of other transactions. Thestrip of paper at the left is not torn or removed until all of thetransactions of a day or other desired period of time are listedthereon. together with the subtotals of sales to individual customersobtained and printed. as described above. The grand total of all of thesub-totals may be obtained by operation of the machine after depressionof either the subtotal key 10 or the grand total key 12 at the left. Thesub-total key 10 at the left may be depremed and the machine operated inthe usual way. leaving the total in the adding or accumulating mechanismat the left: or. if desired. the grand total'key 12 at the left may bedepressed and the machine. operated in the usual way to print the grandtotal and to clear the adding or accumulating mechanism at the left.

i From the foregoing it will be observed that my invention comprisesbroadly the control of a number of separate differential and recordingmechanisms from a single set of numeral keys. in combination with thevarious other novel features disclosed. The additional difi'erential andrecording mechathe respective sets of adding pinions in adding andtransferring operations, a carriage for each set of racks, and pins insaid carriages for controlling the corresponding racks, of a single setof numeral keys, mechanism controlled by said set of numeral keys forsetting the pins in said carriages as required to control said separatesets of racks, and mechanism controlled by said keys for moving saidcarriages to positions in which the set pins will limit movement ofcorresponding racks.

2. In a machine of the character described, the combination withseparate sets of typecarriers, and paper feed mechanism serving paper tothe separate sets of type-carriers,

of a separate carriage for each set of typecarriers, pins in eachcarriage for limiting movement of type-carriers in the corresponding setof type-carriers, a single set or numeral keys for setting pins in oneoft said carriages, and means for setting the pins in the carriage forthe. other setot typecarriers as an incident to the setting or pins inthe first-named carriage by said keys.

-3. In a machine of the character described,

the combination with separate sets of adding pinions, a separate set atracks operating the respective sets of adding pinions in adding andtransferring operations, a separate carriage corresponding to each setof racks, and pins in each carriage for controlling the racks to whichthe respective carriages correspond. ot a single set of numeral keys forsetting the pins in one of said carriages to control the correspondingset of racks,- mech-' anism operated by said numeral keys to set pins inanother carriage to control a separate set of racks, and mechanism formoving said carriages to position in which the pins set as aforesaidwill control racks in the sets of racks corresponding to the respectiveriages. v

4-. In a machine of the character described, the combination withseparate sets of typecarriers, and paper feed mechanism serving paper tothe separate sets or type-carriers simultaneously. of a separatedifferential mechanism for each set of type-carriers, a single set ofnumeral keys for setting one of said differential mechanisms, andmechanism controlled by said numeral keys and by the differentialmechanism set thereby for setting the differential nechanism for anothernaaaooe set of type-carriers as an incident to the setting of thefirst-named di filerential mechanism by said keys.

5. in a machine of the character described, the combination withseparate sets of typecarriers, a platen serving paper to the sep-. 1

arate sets ot'type-carriers and being shiftable to move the paper fromone set of type-carriers to another set oi typeacarriers, ot a separatedifferential mechanism for each set of type-carriers, separate sets oflevers for setting parts of the respective difierential mechanisms tocontrol corresponding type-carriers, and a single set of numeralkeys foroperating said levers. v

6. In a machine of the character described,

the combination or separate sets or typecarriers, and paper feedmechanism serving paper to the separate sets oi. type-carriers,-

of a laterally movable carriage for each set at type-carriers,differential stops, levers for setting the stops, mechanism for movingthe carriages to position the stops to control the correspondingtype-carriers, and a single set of numeral keys for operating saidlevers.

7. lln a machine off the character described,

the combination with separate sets of typecarriers, a separate set ofadding pinionscontrolled by each set of typecarriers, a laterallyshiftable papercarriage for serving paper simultaneously to all of theseparate sets of type-carriers and for moving the paper from one set ottype-carriers to another set thereof, and keys controlling the printingof the totals represented by the respective sets oil adding pinions, ofa single set of numeral keys, and mechanism settable' simultaneously bythe operation of one set or numeral keys to control the type-carriers inthe operation of the add ng plnions in adding and transferringoperations.

8. ln 1 a machine of the character de scribed, the combination ofavlaterally movmechanism for moving said carriage laterally step bystep, anadditional carriage, means for moving the additional carriagelaterally step by step as an incident to the movement of the firstcarriage, pins in the additional carriage, a single set of numeral keys,means operated by said keys for setting the pins in both of saidcarriages, a separate recording mechanism corresponding to each ofcarriages under control ill till

' record the numbers set up in the differential mechanisms respectively,and paper feed mechanism for serving paper to all of the sets oftype-carriers simultaneously.

11. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a numberof separate differential mechanisms, devices for setting thedifferential mechanisms, a single set of numeral keys for operating saiddevices to set a number of differential mechanisms simultaneously, a setof type-carriers for each differential mechanism operable to record thenumbers set up in the differential mechanisms respectively, and paperfeed mechanism for serving paper to all of the sets of type-carrierssimultaneously and comprising a laterally shiftable paper carriage formoving the paper from one set of type-carriers to, another.

12. In a machine of the character described, the combination with aseries of differentially movable racks, adding pinions operated by theracks, differential mechanism for controlling the racks, and a set ofkeys for setting the differential mechanism, of recording mechanismseparatefrom said racks, additional differential mechanism forcontrolling said recording mechanism, and means for setting theadditional differential mechanism to control the recording mechanism asan incident'to the setting of the first-named differential mechanism.

13. In a machine of the character described. the combination withrecording mechanism, differential stops for controlling the recordingmechanism, and devices for setting the differential stops to controlsaid recording mechanism, 0% adding pinions, racks separate from saidrecording mecha nism for operating the adding pinions, an

additional set of differential stops for controlling said racks, andmeans for setting said additional stops to control said racks as anincident to the setting of the firstnam'edstops.

14. In a machine of the character described, a number of laterallymovable carriages, series of pins in eac of said carcarriages, keys forsetting the pins in one of said carriages, levers operated by said keysfor setting the pins in another carriage, series of adding pinions, andracks controlled by the pins in each carriage for operating therespective series of adding p1n1ons.

15. In a machine of the character described, a number of separatecarriages, series of differential stops in each carriage, a set oflevers for setting the stops in one carriage, additional levers operatedby the first-named levers for setting the stops in another carriage andrecording mechanism controlled by the stops in sald carriagesrespectively.

16. In a machine of the character described, a number of separatecarriages, series of differential stops in each carriage, a set oflevers for setting the stops in one carriage, additional levers operatedby the first-namedlevers -for setting the stops in another carriage,recording mechnism controlled by the stops in said carriagesrespectively, and paper feed mechanism for serving paper to all of saidrecording mechanisms and being shiftable to move the paper from onerecording mechanism to another.

17. In a machine of the character described, the combination withrecording mechanism, differential mechanism for controlling therecording mechanism, and keys. for setting up numbers in thedifferential mechanism, of a separate recording mechanism, means undercontrol of said keys and said differential mechanism for controlling theseparate recording mechanism to cause the same to record the samenumbers that are recorded "by the ,first-namedrecording mechanism as anincident'to the operation of the first-named recording mechanism, andmechanism for shifting paper from one to the other of said recordingmechanisms.

18. In a machine of the character described, the combination withrecording mechanism, differential mechanism for controlling therecording mechanism, and keys for setting up numbers in the differentialmechanism, of a separate recording mechanism, means under control ofsaid keys and said differential mechanism for controlling the separaterecording mechanism to cause the same to record the same numbers thatHARRY LANDSIEDEL.

